Monday 27 December 2010

KAHN UNVEILS 373KW KICK-ASS RANGE





Project Kahn, the United Kingdom’s pre-eminent tuner, has partnered with one of the world’s best-known racing outfits, Cosworth, to produce this stunning Range Rover RS500 edition. Project Kahn stayed to true to the UK’s recent tradition of diesel love by using a turbo diesel Range instead of a petrol model.


The 4.4-litre V8 turbo diesel engine has been injected with more power and torque to go from the standard 230kW up to a stomping 373kW. That’s more powerful than an Audi Q7 V12 TDI! Maximum torque figures were not released but I expect something above the 900Nm mark.

Kahn has tricked out the Range into something almost unrecognisable from the standard car. Things like a hot new front bumper with fog lamp surrounds, side skirts, matt black side vents and kick ass exhaust tailpipes. Wheels are Kahn 22-inch RSX alloys. Inside there’s bespoke stitching on places like the steering wheel, while the rev counter area feature electric blue colouring. The seats are also well-stitched with Cosworth embroidery. A nice Kahn leather key ring gives it a lovely personal touch.

Although I have seen a couple of Kahn-converted Range Rovers running around my neighbourhood, I’m not sure if Kahn has a South African agent, or if the cars were imported. I’ll be sure to find out for you though.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is there a Kahn tuner in SA? My brother would love to have his RANGE tuned there

Thami Masemola said...

We have asked Kahn about this. They are yet to get back to us.